Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) have greatly impacted human society as well as natural environments over the past decade, in consequence of their p...

Tomato industries and researchers have advanced tremendously in recent years, however, because of the rapid progress, tomato specialists are someti...

This book examines the environmental sources, geochemistry and human effects of trace elements. Topics discussed include an assessment of cancer an...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the characteristics, properties and uses of transition metals. Topics discussed ...

Tannery is one of the most polluting industries. In order to recover the process water and costly chemicals, membrane based processes can be effect...

1,3,5-Triazine derivatives find wide applications as bioactive compounds and drugs, components of polymer compositions, reactive dyes, energetic ma...

Fruits from the Amazon region are highly appreciated for their exotic characteristics and have been a subject of interest and research since Europe...

Pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merril) is the major representative fruit of bromelains, cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas in developing ...

Food or medicine? That is the question related to our everyday lives. Fruits are an important part of daily nutritional habits and can be recognise...

Within the tropical fruits, the papaya, Carica papaya L. (family Caricaceae Dumort.), is presented as the main representative being cultivated in t...

Global wine production totaled roughly 27 billion liters in 2012. The European Union (EU) dominates world production, accounting for nearly 60% of ...

This is the first volume which is devoted to the memory of World Renowned Scientist professor Rusanov Alexander L'vovich. This book presents curren...

Urea serves an important role in the metabolism of nitrogen-containing compounds by animals and is the main nitrogen-containing substance in the ur...

The investigation of cyclodextrins (CDs) is developing rapidly. They are able to form inclusion complexes, a property which is one of their most im...

In this book, the authors present topical research from across the globe in the study of the chemical properties, uses and environmental effects of...

Olive oil is considered to be such a crucial component of the so-called ‘Mediterranean Diet' that, since 2010, it has been inscribed in UNESCO's li...

Modeling, optimisation and automation of food processes is difficult due to the complexity of the raw materials and products involved, which affect...

Vitamin E -- a family of eight natural structurally related tocopherols and tocotrienols compounds expressed generally as a-tocopherol -- represent...

Voltammetry is the study of current as a function of applied potential and is a category of electroanalytical methods used in analytical chemistry ...

A large segment of the population in undeveloped and developing countries drink untreated or partially treated water. Annually, 6 to 60 billion cas...

The prevalence of childhood obesity has risen dramatically in the last several decades in the United States, and is currently considered to be epid...

Whey, the serum or liquid part of milk remaining after separation of the curd, results from the coagulation of milk by acid or proteolytic enzymes....

This book presents topical research from across the globe in the study of the types, production and health issues relating to wine. Topics discusse...

Advances in the wine sector and especially in the phenolic compounds field have been spectacular over the last 20 years. Polyphenols are the second...

Perhaps there is no other drink in the world that would honor billions of people and have such a mystical nature than wine. Since ancient times win...

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is a quantitative spectroscopic technique that measures the elemental composition, empirical formula, chemic...

Xanthan gum is a microbial heteropolysaccharide of high molecular weight produced through fermentation by bacteria of the genus Xanthomonas that ha...

A xenobiotic is a chemical which is found in an organism but which is not normally produced or expected to be present in it. Specifically, drugs su...